Blogotariat

Putin shares the view that allowing voters to send in ballots by mail undermines the validity of elections, Trump has told a US private TV broadcaster.

"Vladimir Putin, smart guy, said you can't have an honest election with mail-in voting," Trump told Fox News Channel's "Hannity" after the two leaders met in Alaska. "He said there's not a country in the world that uses it now."

DEAL-MAKING COULD BE THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTIC OF HOMO SAPIENS — MORE THAN INVENTING THE WHEEL OR WHATEVER. WHEN GORBACHEV DECIDED TO "MAKE THE USSR GIVE UP THE COLD WAR", INSTEAD OF A SITUATION WHERE WE KILL YOU IF YOU TRY TO KILL US, THE DEAL BECAME LOPSIDED: THE WINNER OF THE COLD WAR WAS NOT GOING TO BE "NICE"... IT'S THE BASEST HUMAN NATURE: WE WIN THE RIGHT TO RAPE YOU... AND THE WEST TRIED TO DO THIS TO RUSSIA UNTIL PUTIN CAME ALONG....

Moscow is ready to present a clear stance at the upcoming summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, which will mainly focus on the Ukraine conflict, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

In an interview with the Russia 24 broadcaster released on Friday, Lavrov – who has reportedly already arrived in Anchorage, Alaska, where the talks are set to take place – declined to speculate on potential results of the summit. 

In the small town of Hay, wind and solar developers were popping up left, right and centre. So the local community decided to take control and set the rules.

Hay Shire’s Alison McLean explains how the local community set the rules of engagement to renewable project developers. Plus: Why the big utilities are saying no to wind and solar. 

As anyone who reads my stuff knows, I have been kicked off Facebook permanently, and while initially confused as to why it happened, I came to the conclusion that it was because of my posts about the genocide under way in Gaza and the running of the community standards system by zionists1. At the time, I said I’d look around for alternatives. I have been on social media for a while with the longest time spent on Facebook, followed by Xitter (perhaps as long as 8 years for the latter), while I joined both Mastodon2  and Tribel3  in November 2022 as possible alternatives to then Twitter, which had been taken over by the idiot Elon Musk.

I am about to break my indication that I am unlikely to post again until after Jen’s death. I am bored to death in this Regis joint filled with old codgers with assorted disabilities.  How many I will write is … Continue reading →

The government’s proposed new rules will allow a flood of toxic chemicals to be sold in the UK.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  23rd July 2025

It’s what the extreme right of the Tory party wanted from Brexit: to tear down crucial public protections, including those that defend us from the most brutal and dangerous forms of capital. The Conservatives lost office before they were able to do their worst. But never mind, because Labour has now picked up the baton.